• @btaf45
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    2111 hours ago

    Conservatives like to be lied to.

    Q kooks prove that conservatives like to be lied to.

    Sandyhook kooks prove that conservatives like to be lied to.

    Pizza kooks prove that conservatives like to be lied to.

    Birther kooks (Obama was a Muslim) prove that conservatives like to be lied to.

    Bircher kooks (Ike was a Communist) prove that conservatives like to be lied to.

    Start the Steal kooks prove that conservatives like to be lied to.

    Hermain Cain kooks prove that conservatives like to be lied to.

    Horse medicine cures Covid kooks prove that conservatives like to be lied to.

    Laetrile cures Cancer kooks prove that conservatives like to be lied to.

    Pet eater kooks prove that conservatives like to be lied to.

    Ukraine attacked Russia kooks prove that conservatives like to be lied to

    • @[email protected]
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      1511 hours ago

      The underlying cause is they are more emotional driven than the baseline human, I think. We’re all emotional, but I feel like some people really let the truthiness gutfeel of emotions rule the day and facts are just not that important to them.

      Pick like any of those and you see they had a choice between feelings that make them feel smart or part of an in-group, or facts that made the world clash with their beliefs. And because they’re kind of fools and cowards, they go with the feel-good most of the time.

      • @[email protected]
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        410 hours ago

        Yeah, it’s a fear response, that’s why they want the strong man who will fix things and punish ‘the elites’ and ‘the immigrants’ and ‘the Jews’.

          • @ZILtoid1991
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            35 hours ago

            Modern antisemites are heavily zionistic. They see Israel as the answer to the Jewish question, and use the backing of Israel to deflect any accusations of antisemitism.

          • @[email protected]
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            16 hours ago

            Hitler’s initial plan was to send them to Madagascar. They’re happy for Israel to exist, and both Zionists and Neo Nazis are fine with making Jews outside of Israel feel very unsafe.

    • @HappySkullsplitter
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      411 hours ago

      Maybe instead of fact checking, we should keep dropping little truth nuggets that sound like lies but are actually true.

      Like it’s a sexy secret